Paris Match reporting a war between police also, saying the man [ EM ] Portugal believes is linked to Maddie [ EM broke into villas and assaulted 5 young girls] is not the man SY were talking about on CW.

EM clearly stated again by some media to be a paedophile. I thought he was a petty thief and drug addict.

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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.~John F. Kennedy

If it's in the tabloids it must be true and if Supercam's offer to 'make further representations to the Porguese government... if it would help' is seen to bring about a speedy resolution of the case, he will be acclaimed by those very same newspapers

Paris Match reporting a war between police also, saying the man [ EM ] Portugal believes is linked to Maddie [ EM broke into villas and assaulted 5 young girls] is not the man SY were talking about on CW.

EM clearly stated again by some media to be a paedophile. I thought he was a petty thief and drug addict.

Yep - standard reporting procedure for the UK Media! :) Ignore it if at all possible!

EM = Euclides “Toni” Monterio?? aka "Tractorman"

I'm confused...I thought the intruder was described as tanned/olive skinned - not as a black African.

This is just nonsense and should be ignored as the nonsense it is. Unless of course the article can show why they are "at war" - perhaps because one police force is trying to reveal the truth and the other is trying to do the opposite. I wonder which could be which. Someone remind me please.

Paris Match reporting a war between police also, saying the man [ EM ] Portugal believes is linked to Maddie [ EM broke into villas and assaulted 5 young girls] is not the man SY were talking about on CW.

EM clearly stated again by some media to be a paedophile. I thought he was a petty thief and drug addict.

Yep - standard reporting procedure for the UK Media! :) Ignore it if at all possible!

EM = Euclides “Toni” Monterio?? aka "Tractorman"

I'm confused...I thought the intruder was described as tanned/olive skinned - not as a black African.

Guess presenter didn't want to get embarassed.

So the PJ don't know who they're referring to? (The guy who's been attacking between 2004-2010)

Look in Kate's book, she should know who gave her that info, about men sneaking into apartments and attacking kids. It's time people left the dead man alone.

British officers have pointed out to the Portuguese that a key sighting of a man holding a child in Luz at 10pm, shortly after Madeleine was taken, was not of a black man. Irishman Martin Smith and family saw him.Former Portuguese inspector Goncalo Amaral was about to fly Mr Smith to Portugal when he was removed from the case. DCI Redwood said last week: “We still need to establish the identity of a man seen by three witnesses, carrying a child fitting Madeleine’s description towards the beach or town at about 22.00 on the night Madeleine disappeared.“The witnesses have described the man in the e-fits as being white, aged in his 30s, with short brown hair of medium build, medium height and clean shaven.

If memory serves me right The Portuguese said they had re-opened the case due to these events - so if they have proved in their own minds tractorman is/was the culprit - what are they investigating now and why is their case still open ???????????????????

Paris Match reporting a war between police also, saying the man [ EM ] Portugal believes is linked to Maddie [ EM broke into villas and assaulted 5 young girls] is not the man SY were talking about on CW.

EM clearly stated again by some media to be a paedophile. I thought he was a petty thief and drug addict.

As the front page of the Express came up on the Sky review I drew an expectant breath. By the time I had breathed out they were talking about Ukraine. I thought to myself, this wine is stronger than I thought.

The upside, if there is one, is that the McCann name is avoided by pundits like the plague - far too controversial. Another is that a screaming front page is deemed unworthy of comment in relation to more important world events and, at a stroke, the reviewer does the job the editor should have done and dumps it.

If memory serves me right The Portuguese said they had re-opened the case due to these events - so if they have proved in their own minds tractorman is/was the culprit - what are they investigating now and why is their case still open ???????????????????

That's because the media don't stick to the facts. You only have to look at coverage of flight 370 to see that. Every titbit and piece of gossip is repeated, leading to many contradictions and general confusion. Conspiracy or bad journalism? I don't know. But I do know that the press and 24 hour TV news stations have got a lot of space to fill and stories like Maddie and 370 are like gold from heaven

We have been told for years that the case would only be re-opened in Portugal if new evidence came to light. Huh, I don't get it, this is not new evidence as investigated before and ruled out.

I can't see that Mr. & Mrs. put a stamp on a letter and asked for it to be re-opened, so I am still wondering what is going on behind the scenes and was it really re-opened in Portugal because of smelly bin man/tractor man or EVERYBLINKINGMAN?

PJ have not been known to give out running commentary an how they are thinking,so I believe we may hear little from them until the appropriate time ,what we think is coming from them is not always correct .joyce1938

@plebgate wrote:We have been told for years that the case would only be re-opened in Portugal if new evidence came to light. Huh, I don't get it, this is not new evidence as investigated before and ruled out.

I can't see that Mr. & Mrs. put a stamp on a letter and asked for it to be re-opened, so I am still wondering what is going on behind the scenes and was it really re-opened in Portugal because of smelly bin man/tractor man or EVERYBLINKINGMAN?

I don't believe the case was reopened in Portugal because of Tractorman, I think he was merely one of several loose ends that they eliminated very early in the investigation - October last year, in fact. If he was the main reason for the reopening his early dismissal as a suspect would mean the PJ would not be continuing with their investigations now.

I do wonder if the panic-attack displayed by the Met last week means the Portuguese are nearing a conclusion - the last-minute highjacking of CW and the revealing press-conference following Goncalo's interview are significant, I believe.

@plebgate wrote:We have been told for years that the case would only be re-opened in Portugal if new evidence came to light. Huh, I don't get it, this is not new evidence as investigated before and ruled out.

I can't see that Mr. & Mrs. put a stamp on a letter and asked for it to be re-opened, so I am still wondering what is going on behind the scenes and was it really re-opened in Portugal because of smelly bin man/tractor man or EVERYBLINKINGMAN?

I don't believe the case was reopened in Portugal because of Tractorman, I think he was merely one of several loose ends that they eliminated very early in the investigation - October last year, in fact. If he was the main reason for the reopening his early dismissal as a suspect would mean the PJ would not be continuing with their investigations now.

I do wonder if the panic-attack displayed by the Met last week means the Portuguese are nearing a conclusion - the last-minute highjacking of CW and the revealing press-conference following Goncalo's interview are significant, I believe.

@plebgate wrote:We have been told for years that the case would only be re-opened in Portugal if new evidence came to light. Huh, I don't get it, this is not new evidence as investigated before and ruled out.

I can't see that Mr. & Mrs. put a stamp on a letter and asked for it to be re-opened, so I am still wondering what is going on behind the scenes and was it really re-opened in Portugal because of smelly bin man/tractor man or EVERYBLINKINGMAN?

I don't believe the case was reopened in Portugal because of Tractorman, I think he was merely one of several loose ends that they eliminated very early in the investigation - October last year, in fact. If he was the main reason for the reopening his early dismissal as a suspect would mean the PJ would not be continuing with their investigations now.I do wonder if the panic-attack displayed by the Met last week means the Portuguese are nearing a conclusion - the last-minute highjacking of CW and the revealing press-conference following Goncalo's interview are significant, I believe.

Yep and then along come these ridiculous stories in MSM and we all tend toforget the significant info. learned just prior to the ridiculous stories in the press. I wonder where they come from?

@plebgate wrote:We have been told for years that the case would only be re-opened in Portugal if new evidence came to light. Huh, I don't get it, this is not new evidence as investigated before and ruled out.

I can't see that Mr. & Mrs. put a stamp on a letter and asked for it to be re-opened, so I am still wondering what is going on behind the scenes and was it really re-opened in Portugal because of smelly bin man/tractor man or EVERYBLINKINGMAN?

I don't believe the case was reopened in Portugal because of Tractorman, I think he was merely one of several loose ends that they eliminated very early in the investigation - October last year, in fact. If he was the main reason for the reopening his early dismissal as a suspect would mean the PJ would not be continuing with their investigations now.

I do wonder if the panic-attack displayed by the Met last week means the Portuguese are nearing a conclusion - the last-minute highjacking of CW and the revealing press-conference following Goncalo's interview are significant, I believe.

Waht conclusion? That tractorman did it?

No. They eliminated him last year. The right conclusion, I hope. GA's introduction of the hair is very interesting, wouldn't you agree?

If memory serves me right The Portuguese said they had re-opened the case due to these events - so if they have proved in their own minds tractorman is/was the culprit - what are they investigating now and why is their case still open ???????????????????

Who knows,but it isn't the McCanns if everything I am reading on here is to be believed!

Seems to me the only purpose of Crimeatch episode 2 was to annoy the PJ and force them to either reveal the full extent of their investigation or get them to pull out. Option 1 clears the way for more political interference (at the moment they cannot interfere with the unknown) and option 2 allows SY solve the crime in accordance with their pre-written script.

SY have not yet got to grips with the fact that for the first time ever there are masses of people around the world with access to the investigation files and they can quickly and easily pull out references of previous Portugese work on these supposed new revelations. They are struggling more and more each day to arrive at a credible conclusion as to what occurred. It might just be now dawning on them that "the black bin man did it because Andy said so" excuse will not wash.

Andy Redwood and his team have an enormous mountain to climb now. They need a brand new, never before heard of suspect, preferably alive and willing to admit to the crime. Any colour, race or creed will do. Dress sense not important.

Eddie and Keela alerted to items and places concerned with the McCanns - and importantly to no other items or places.

According to Eddie and Keela, the body of Madeleine McCann lay lifeless behind the sofa in Apartment 5a, clinging to the only thing from which she could derive any comfort; a soft toy called 'Cuddle cat'.

Kate's book 'madeleine', Page 219: "Did they really believe that a dog could smell the 'odour of death' three months later from a body that had been so swiftly removed?"

After forensic analysis of the 'Last Photo' there is little doubt now that the pool photo CANNOT POSSIBLY have been taken on the Thursday 3rd May, but most likely on the Sunday 29th April. So, where was Madeleine at lunchtime on Thursday?

John McCann:"This was terrible for them, Kate dressed Amelie in her sister's pyjamas and the baby said: "Maddy's jammies, where is Maddy?"Martin Roberts:"If Madeleine's pyjamas had not, in fact, been abducted then neither had Madeleine McCann."Dr Martin Roberts: A Nightwear Job

Death Toll in McCann Case

Gerry McCann called for an example to be made of 'trolls'. SKY reporter Martin Brunt doorstepped Brenda Leyland on 2 October 2014 after a 'Dossier' was handed in to Police by McCann supporters. She was then found dead in a Leicester hotel room the next day. Brenda paid the price.

Colin Shalke died suddenly in mysterious circumstances with a significant amount of morphine in his system. At the Inquest the coroner said there was no evidence as to how he had come to take morphine, and no needle mark was found.

Ex-Met DCI Andy Redwood had a "revelation moment" on BBC1's Crimewatch on 14th October 2013 when he announced that Operation Grange had eliminated the Tanner sighting - which opened up the 'window' of opportunity' from 3 mins to 45 mins, in accordance with their remit, to allow the staged abduction to happen.

Tracey Kandohla: "A McCann pal told The Sun Online: "Some of the savings have been siphoned off from the Find Maddie Fund into a fixed asset account, which financial experts have advised them to do. It can be used for purchases like buying a house or building equipment."

The McCanns, Operation Grange and the BBC are all working towards one goal - to make us keep looking at what happened (or didn't happen) on 3rd May, instead of looking at what happened days earlier. There is NO evidence of an abduction. Smithman is ALL they have got. Without that, they are sunk. No wonder Operation Grange clings on to Smithman...

Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe QPM, retired Met Commissioner: "There will be a point at which we and the Government will want to make a decision about what the likely outcome is."

Dr Gonçalo Amaral, retired PJ Coordinator: "The English can always present the conclusions to which they themselves arrived in 2007. Because they know, they have the evidence of what happened, they don't need to investigate anything. When MI5 opens their files, then we will know the truth."